Central Methodist Church

About

Central Methodist Church, Lincoln (formerly known as Portland Place Methodist Church) is a Grade II listed Methodist church in the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England. It is an active place of worship in the Boultham area of the city near St Peter at Gowts church. The High Street face is in the Edwardian Baroque style, in red brick and limestone ashlar, with two unequal towers topped with domes.

History: The church was built in 1905. The architects were the Leeds-based firm, Howdill & Sons (Thomas Howdill and his son, Charles Barker Howdill), who designed many Primitive Methodist chapels. It originally opened as Portland Place Methodist Church or Portland Place Memorial Chapel. The original congregation was Primitive Methodist. There was originally a Sunday School, meeting rooms and theatre to the rear. The name changed to the present one in 1932. Some of the interior furnishings, including the pulpit, were changed in 1968. The church was given Grade II listed building status in 1999.

Description: The building's architectural style is given as "eclectic Edwardian Baroque" in its listing. Nicholas Antram, in his revised volume Lincolnshire, in the Pevsner Buildings of...